Items tagged:
BRICS
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China's outward public investment – good news for the environment and tackling poverty?
It's been a busy six months for China's outward public investment. Paul Steele, IIED's chief economist, reviews what's been happening and whether it's good news for the environment and development
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BRICS summit: an opportunity to lead a fairer more sustainable world
Ahead of this week's BRICS summit, IIED's chief economist identifies two key ways the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa can fill the growing global political vacuum and promote sustainability
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Learning about urbanisation from the BRICS
It is critically important to draw the right lessons from the BRICS, and both the successes and failures of their urbanisation strategies have much to teach the rest of the urbanising world. IIED worked to draw out some of these lessons
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Urbanisation and emerging population issues
Urbanisation is a defining trend of our time. IIED worked with partners around the world to promote the benefits of urbanisation while avoiding its destructive tendencies
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Let's see what the BRICS teach us about urbanisation and economic growth
Our new interactive visualisation demonstrates the dynamics of urbanisation and economic growth in different countries. The visualisation shows that countries have very different dynamics from each other, which has implications for their economic, social and even environmental prospects.
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Reading national signatures in urbanisation-income space
This interactive data visual examines the relationship between economic growth and urbanisation, with an introductory video focusing on the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
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BRICS urbanisation provides lessons for economic growth and social equity
Towns and cities across Africa, Asia and Latin America have a wealth of lessons to learn from the BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – according to research published today.
